Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
had my brand new F-150 Lariat Special Edition towed back from
Greenville RI to the dealer in Webster, MA because...

The brakes failed - as in F A I L E D - causing me to avoid a massive
collision by jumping a curb and heading into the pucker brush.

Then, to add insult to injury, when I restarted the engine after it
stalled out, a horrendous noise and oil smoke started to pour out from
under the hood. Brand new engine to boot.

In a nut shell, this truck is a piece of s##t. This is the sixth
major failure in 20 thousand miles.

No, I'm not buying a Toyota so don't even suggest it.

I am looking at GMC though.

I just got finished taking the 2001 F-150 SuperCrew 5.4L V8 on a 1200
mile round trip to Louisville, KY. Up the mountains, down the mountains,
in the vallies and on the plains. Not a grunt, groan or screech from the
trusty old engine or the rest of the vehicle.